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May 8-11 - Kalamazoo. 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University. To include a session, 'The Global Middle Ages', exploring how "writers and artists such St. Augustine, Macrobius, Roger Bacon, Ranulf Higden, and others describe the globe" Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 September 2007.
May 10 - Seattle. '2008 China in Asia Workshop: Maritime Asia in the Early Modern World, at University of Washington', Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities [three of the six talks are about cartography] .
May 13-16 - Vancouver. 'CARTO 2008', a joint meeting of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives and the Canadian Cartographic Association. ['History of cartography' is one of the conference themes.]
May 15-17 - Greenwich, London. International interdisciplinary conference at the National Maritime Museum, 'Richard Hakluyt (c. 1552-1616): life, times, legacy'. Deadline for Call for Papers: 30 September 2007.
May 20 - London. LIBER Library Collection Security Conference, hosted by the British Library and sponsored by Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche/Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER).
May 22 - London. 'Working with maps and geographical information', a one-day course at the Institute of Historical Research, organized by the Department of Geography at the University of Portsmouth, and the Great Britain Historical GIS. ['Much of the focus will be on the different ways of working digitally with historic maps'.]
May 30 - London. Denis Cosgrove Event (memorial) at the Royal Geographical Society, 5 pm.
May 31 - Sausalito. Meeting of the California Map Society.
June 6-8. London. IMCoS June Meeting and the London Map Fair: lectures by Nick Millea (IMCoS Dinner), Peter Barber and Laurence Worms (London Map Fair).
June 21 - Hermitage. Seminar of the Defence Surveyors' Association, 'Maps & Surveys 2008', at the Royal School of Military Survey, Denison Barracks, Hermitage (near Newbury), Berks.
June 26-27 - Barcelona. 3rd International Workshop on "Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage" - the International Cartographic Association's Commission on Digital Technologies in Cartographic Heritage.
June 30-4 July - London. London Rare Books School. 'History of Maps and Mapping (Course 1)', course tutors, Dr Catherine Delano-Smith and Sarah Tyacke, CB.
July 14-18 - London. London Rare Books School. 'Mapping Land and Sea before c.1800 (Course 2)', course tutors, Dr Catherine Delano-Smith and Sarah Tyacke, CB.
July 14-16 - Reading. 'Land, Landscape and Environment, 1500-1750', Early Modern Research Centre, University of Reading ['cartography, maps and signs' are mentioned]. Deadline for Call for Papers: 1 February 2008.
August 11-13 - Cambridge. Mapping the Middle Ages, a course led by Dr Lucy Donkin, at Madingley Hall, Cambridge.
August 13-15 - Copenhagen. 'Ways of knowing the field: International Conference on the History of Fieldwork, Cartography and Scientific Exploration', at Carlsberg Academy, organized by the Danish Network for the History and Sociology of Scientific Fieldwork and Expeditions, and the Danish Research School in Philosophy, History of Ideas and History of Science. Deadline for Call for Papers: 1 March 2008.
September 5-7 - Budapest. Symposium of the International Map Collectors' Society. Contact Zsolt Török: < zoltorok (at) ludens.elte.hu >.
September 10-12 - Portsmouth, England. 'Shifting boundaries - cartography in the 19th and 20th centuries', a symposium on the history of cartography, organized by the International Cartographic Association, Commission on the History of Cartography. Deadline for Call for Papers: 31 March 2008.
September 25-27 - Berne. The second conference of the Forum Ostmittel- und Südosteuropa (FOSE): 'Mapping Eastern Europe / Osteuropa kartiert: Interdisziplinäre Tagung zu KartenWelten und KartenZeiten in Bern'. Deadline for Call for Papers: 30 September 2007.
October 3-7 - Arlington, Texas. Virginia Garrett Lectures in the History of Cartography; a joint meeting of the Texas Map Society and the Philip Lee Phillips Society of the Library of Congress; and the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Discoveries; Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 June 2008.
October 18-19 - Rye, East Sussex. A weekend conference, 'Medieval Seas', at Rye College [one of the suggested topics is 'cartography and world view']. Deadline for Call for Papers: 7 April 2008.
October 23-6 - Miami. A session, 'Contributory Gis for Historical Research' at the annual meeting of the Social Science History Association.
November 6-8 - Hamburg. 14. Kartographiehistorisches Colloquium, at the Museum für Kommunikation.
November/December [date to be announced] - Paris. Journée d'étude, 'Cartes, climats et milieux, de l'Antiquité à nos jours', organized by the Commission "Histoire de la cartographie" du Comité français de cartographie. For details see the MapHist message. Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 March 2008.
December 13 - Brussels. The Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle tentatively plan to have their Annual Study Session at a place to be announced.
2009
March 7 - San Antonio. Spring meeting of the Texas Map Society.
April 14-17 - Seville. International conference, Poblar la inmensidad: sociedades, conflictos y representaciones en los márgenes del Imperio Hispánico (XV-XIX); one of the themes is 'La representación de la frontera: discursos, imágenes y cartografía.' Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 January 2009.
July 12-17 - Copenhagen, Denmark. 23rd International Conference on the History of Cartography
October 3 - Arlington. Fall meeting of the Texas Map Society.
Autumn - Oslo and Tromsø. Symposium of the International Map Collectors' Society.
November 15-21 - Santiago, Chile. International Cartographic Association, including the Commission on the History of Cartography.
?? - Paris. International Cartographic Association, including the Commission on the History of Cartography.
Posting conference details (for organisers)
Those who organise conferences, seminars or symposiums are advised to post details to:-
If you need to select a date and day of the week some years ahead, consult one of the online perpetual calendars, such as Calendar Date.
Other ways of publicising a conference: